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Date:      Tue, 7 Oct 1997 23:07:39 -0700 (PDT)
From:      mdean <mdean@best.com>
To:        Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com>
Cc:        Peter Dufault <dufault@hda.com>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: A world of unexplored pain.
Message-ID:  <Pine.SGI.3.95.971007230627.18695B-100000@shellx.best.com>
In-Reply-To: <343AE7C6.592990BB@whistle.com>

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Yes, through the acquire_timer0() call, does anyone know if acquiring the
timer at a raised rate for a lengthy perios of time has any detrimental
effects?

> well for a start in FreeBSD the system provides a way of raising 
> the hardware clockrate transparently on the fly to do this sort 
> of thing the PCAUDIO device routinelyu raises the clockrate to 
> 16000 Hz.
> 




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